Maria Goodloe-Johnson

All 3 candidates for Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools have classroom as well as superintendent experience. The finalists will be in Seattle next week for interviews.

The finalists are:

Jose Banda, 55, is a former high school principal who now heads the Anaheim City School District, a district that just includes elementary schools. 84 percent of the students in the district are Latino and Banda is bilingual.

It's been eight months since the Seattle Public Schools financial scandal was first uncovered, and after a full criminal investigation, King County prosecutors plan to bring charges of felony theft against Silas Potter, Jr., the man at the center of the scandal.

The action was swift retribution following revelations of a financial scandal that drew the anger of board members and the public. The board then voted 6-1 to appoint Susan Enfield as interim superintendent.

The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, which received $595,000 from Seattle Public Schools, insists taxpayers got their money's worth despite a state audit report calling the payments of questionable value.

A financial scandal will likely force an abrupt end to the tenure of Seattle Public Schools superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson. The school board will vote Wednesday evening on a motion to terminate her contract.

It was a mistake that led to misinforming the public, says Seattle schools chief Maria Goodloe-Johnson. She apologized at last night’s Seattle School Board meeting. Goodloe-Johnson says she wants to assure the public that changes have been made to ensure it doesn’t happen again.